I don't have my copy of New Avengers 31 yet, and won't for several weeks, so all I know is from the spoilage of others. But.
The whole "is she or isn't she" Jessica Jones nursing thing.
Remember when Cage was almost arrested while buying milk? For the baby, IIRC (which I may not)? (Even though you don't give an infant cow's milk--if for whatever reason there's no human breast milk available, the baby should be given formula.) I read that, figured that the author just didn't know that particular baby fact. In any case, what it seemed to indicate was that Jessica was not nursing the baby.
But also! Remember in Captain America #26 when Jessica refers to herself as, quote-unquote, "a nursing mother." That phrase stuck in my mind because of the implication in the aforementioned issue of New Avengers that baby was bottle-fed, and the direct contradiction here.
And now, according to New Avengers 31 by way of the internet, it's apparently stated outright that Jess is not nursing. We know this because Wong asks her why she isn't, to which she quite appropriately gives him a dirty look.
Because there are plenty of reasons, other than being a Skrull, why a woman isn't nursing her baby. If your milk never came in, or if it did but not in amounts sufficient to nourish your child, you're feeling bad enough without some nosy bastard asking why you're not nursing. Wong always struck me as more polite than that, but I never read Dr. Strange so I could be mistaken there.
It occurs to me, though--what if Wong is only asking why she isn't nursing because, up until recently (as recently as Cap 26 and the secret wake), she had been nursing? Sure, there are plenty of reasons why a woman would have to stop nursing--hell, the stress of living on the run could set one's milk production back. But could this possibly be an indicator--if Jess or the baby is a Skrull--of when the change was made? A Skrull-disguised-as-a-woman couldn't produce human milk, presumably. And a Skrull-disguised-as-a-baby might refuse it.
Or am I overthinking what is probably just a slight error in continuity?
BTW, this is my post #200, go me!
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It's probably a slight error in continuity, but I'd love to be wrong. That would be a great - and logical - way to explain it.
Forgive my extreme negativity, but I think you've hit the nail on the head with Marvel.
When one cannot tell the clues from the red herrings to the mistakes, how can one understand the plot (DC's Identity Crisis comes screaming to mind here, too)?
I'm immediately inclined to think this is a(nother) continuity gaffe from Marvel. It COULD be a clue, but I'm not giving them the benefit of the doubt after the awful Civil War and its lack of editing.
Take it and run,
Random thought: Could he have been bying the milk for Mom? Nursing mothers need calcium!
I'm worried: if it's a clue, and you've caught it, and told us...we're all going to be replaced by Skrulls. Barring that, if it was a clue, and if too many people catch it, Bendis (or whoever) could backtrack and make that a red herring. Hmm.
Anyway, congrats on 200!
I thought babies could drink soy milk, which does come in jugs that look like cow milk. And it's possible, like Katherine suggested, that he meant Jessica when he said "my baby."
I agree with Earl Allison. Things like that are very common and Bendis isn't known for his continuity.
I do like it when the writers plant clues--when the things we wonder about are actually there if we know where to look (but we usually don't, and then when things play out it's a forehead-smacking moment :)). I think that's probably difficult to do outside of a single book, however. But I'm hoping.
anonymous: I don't believe that soy milk is recommended for babies, either; they do make soy-based formula for infants who have a problem with dairy-based formulas. Usually they don't recommend starting regular milk (soy or cow's) until one year. (So I did spend a moment or two wondering whether Baby Cage was older than I thought, but she isn't.) Either formula is based on milk, cow or soy, but altered so that it has the right balance of protein and fat for babies (making it more similar to human breast milk in that respect.
Did I ever mention how happy I am that my kids are far past the baby stage? :)
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